Duncan Niederauer, CEO, NYSE Euronext, at the New York Foreign Press Center presenting "An Update on NYSE Euronext in the U.S. and Global Marketplace." Photo: Bureau of Public Affairs, U.S. State Department

Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon, New York and Paris

April 21, 2010


NYSE Euronext, Listed Companies and Partner Organizations Highlight Financial Literacy Initiatives At Exchanges Worldwide


Underscoring its ongoing commitment to enhance financial literacy, NYSE Euronext (NYX) will kick off its inaugural Financial Literacy Week on April 26 with a week-long series of partnership events and bell ringing ceremonies globally that highlight initiatives to help improve consumers’ financial capabilities.

April is Financial Literacy Month, and to mark Financial Literacy Week during April 26-30, NYSE Euronext is dedicating its exchange locations and bell ringing ceremonies worldwide to promote initiatives by NYSE-listed companies, partner organizations and individuals that enhance personal finance and money management capabilities.

“Empowering consumers with knowledge about saving, borrowing and spending is a top priority at NYSE Euronext, especially in today’s fragile economy,” said Duncan Niederauer, CEO, NYSE Euronext.
“Through our network of listed companies and partner organizations, we can drive efforts to enhance the workforce’s understanding of key financial concepts and the importance of being fiscally aware in the increasingly complex global marketplace.”


In New York


In New York , NYSE Euronext will kick off Financial Literacy Week by ringing the NYSE Opening Bell commemorating the recent launch of NYSEmoneysense.com, an online financial education resource.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton rings the NYSE Opening Bell joined by Duncan Niederauer, Chief Executive Officer, NYSE Euronext. Photo: NYSE Euronext.

For the remainder of the week, NYSE listed-companies will be recognized for their leadership role to improve the nation’s financial capabilities.

Listed company bell ringers include:

Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE: SCHW) and its successful Money Matters: Make it CountSM financial literacy program, co-sponsored by Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Charles Schwab Foundation;

Visa (NYSE: V) and practicalmoneyskills.com;

the Principal Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: PFG) and AmericaRebuilds.com;

Viacom (NYSE: VIA) and Get Schooled;

Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) and Biz-Kids$;

the McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) and Financial Literacy Now;

U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) and Operation Hope, a leading non-profit public benefit organization dedicated to eradicating poverty;

and MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) and Financial Literacy For Our Children.

Joining the bell ringers will be the Financial Services Roundtable, which represents 100 of the largest integrated financial services companies providing banking, insurance, and investment products and services.

Ending the week will be the U.S. Treasury and the "Financial Literacy Challenge", an online exam for high school students.


In Europe


In Europe, NYSE Euronext will dedicate its exchange locations to financial literacy initiatives with local European partner organizations, constituents and public policy makers visiting respective NYSE Euronext exchanges.

In France , NYSE Euronext will welcome Infopro Communications, the owner of Quorum Expo, to its Paris market to promote its "Actionaria" annual flagship conference, bringing together exchange clients and experts to promote a better understanding of investing.

In the Netherlands , NYSE Euronext will welcome CentiQ, a collaboration of organizations within the financial sector, the government, consumer organizations and science to improve financial decision-making by Dutch consumers.

In Belgium , Jean-Paul Servais, chairman of the Belgian regulator, the CBFA, will open the market on April 26.

In Portugal , António de Sousa, President of the Portuguese Banking Association will ring the closing bell on April 28.
The Portuguese Banking Association (APB) owns the Portuguese Bank Training Institute (IFB), with its School of Bank Management (ISGB), that provides ongoing training and specialized higher education on financial literacy.
Its mission is to strengthen the culture of the profession and support the development of the Portuguese financial sector by improving its workers’ qualifications.

Each bell ringing ceremony will be announced separately, along with details about the individual financial literacy project being highlighted.


NYSE Euronext and Financial Literacy:


NYSE Money Sense

On April 1, in conjunction with National Financial Literacy Month, NYSE Euronext launched NYSE Money Sense, a new online educational resource for consumers to improve their money-management skills and knowledge.
As part of its collaboration with listed companies, NYSE-listed companies are distributing NYSE Money Sense content to their employees, offering links to the NYSE Money Sense site on their internal networks.

For NYSE Euronext, financial literacy is a key priority, as it works with listed companies and partner organizations to dedicate resources and expertise to develop and make high quality financial education resources available to the employees of its listed companies and consumers.

NYSE Money Sense encompasses a wide spectrum of personal-finance topics, connecting consumers with a variety of leading sources and experts in the financial industry to provide insights on topics ranging across five category umbrellas: Earn, Spend, Save, Borrow and Protect.

To learn more about NYSE Money Sense, go to

www.nysemoneysense.com  


NYSE Teachers Workshop

On April 19, NYSE Euronext announced that it is partnered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Investor Education to broaden its Teachers Workshop, an annual five-day educational program offered to teachers and other educators during the summer.

The annual Teachers Workshop covers the capital-raising process and the NYSE’s market system, technology, and regulation and surveillance.
The program includes speakers from NYSE Euronext and the trading community and features lecture-discussion sessions, hands-on activities, and field trips, including a visit to the trading floor, where teachers are given the opportunity to interact with market professionals.

Four Teacher Workshops will be offered this summer at the New York Stock Exchange.


About NYSE Euronext


NYSE Euronext (NYX) is a leading global operator of financial markets and provider of innovative trading technologies.
The company's exchanges in Europe and the United States trade equities, futures, options, fixed-income and exchange-traded products.

With approximately 8,000 listed issues (excluding European Structured Products), NYSE Euronext's equities markets – the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Euronext, NYSE Amex, NYSE Alternext and NYSE Arca – represent one-third of the world's equities trading, the most liquidity of any global exchange group.

Photo: NYSE Euronext

NYSE Euronext also operates NYSE Liffe, one of the leading European derivatives businesses and the world's second-largest derivatives business by value of trading.

The company offers comprehensive commercial technology, connectivity and market data products and services through NYSE Technologies.

NYSE Euronext is in the S&P 500 index, and is the only exchange operator in the S&P 100 index and Fortune 500.

For more information, please visit:

http://www.nyx.com  

Contact:
Christiaan Brakman
Phone: 212-656-2094
Email: cbrakman@nyx.com

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Duncan L. Niederauer
Chief Executive Officer and Director, NYSE Euronext

Duncan L. Niederauer Photo: NYSE Euronext

Duncan L. Niederauer is Chief Executive Officer and a Director of NYSE Euronext.
He is a member of the company’s Management Committee.

Prior to assuming his current post, Duncan Niederauer was the head of U.S. cash equities for NYSE Euronext.

Before he joined the exchange in April 2007, he was Managing Director and Co-Head of the Equities Division Execution Services for Goldman Sachs.

His career at GS spanned 22 years and included positions overseeing Japanese products, the Equities Division E-Commerce efforts and Spear, Leeds & Kellogg where he managed the firms’ global clearing and execution business.

Mr. Niederauer has served on the board of Archipelago Holdings, LLC and Colgate University . His current memberships include the G100, The Economic Club of New York, the British-American Business Council International Advisory Committee, the Partnership for New York City , the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy and the Shanghai International Financial Advisory Committee.

Niederauer earned his B.A. from Colgate University and his M.B.A. from Emory University .

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